Map of States where the US almost went to war over a pig
Map of States where the US almost went to war over a pig
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Map needs updated, one of the disputes that escalated the Hatfield-McCoy feud concerned the ownership of a hog. The feud lead to the Governors of Kentucky and West Virginia threatening to invade each other and ended when Kentucky's Adjunct General (highest ranking office of the state militia) Sam Hill ordered a military incursion into West Virginia.
Kentucky and West Virginia in 1859: "whew, glad we solved that fued before it escalated! We could have had a full blown civil war on our hands"
West Virginia
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